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(Đề thi có 03 trang)
KỲ THI TỐT NGHIỆP TRUNG HỌC PHỔ THÔNG NĂM 2008 LẦN 2
Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH - Hệ 3 năm
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút.
Mã đề thi 987
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Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi câu từ 1 đến 5.
Charles Dickens is a famous English storywriter. His name was famous in the writing world in the
19
th
century. He combined great writing with the ability to write popular stories full of interesting
characters. His books are mostly about life in England in the 19
th
century and often describe the very
difficult and uncomfortable conditions in which poor people lived. Most of his books, which contain
humorous characters with unusual names, have also delighted children all over the world.
Charles Dickens did not have a happy childhood. When he was young, his family was very poor
and got deep into debt. Little Charles therefore had to work very hard. He earned money to support
himself by working in a shoe polish factory. Charles Dickens was very ambitious. He was determined
to succeed in life. He had a great love for writing. He started writing novels in the 1830s. His early
novels were written in parts for magazines published each week or each month. His novels soon
became very popular throughout England.
Câu 1: Charles Dickens’ books are mostly about ______.
A. civil wars in modern England
B. the environment in England in the 19
th
century
C. life in England in the 19

A. whose B. who C. whom D. that
Câu 11: The farmers are busy: they ______ for the next crop.
A. were preparing B. have prepared C. are preparing
D. prepare
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Câu 12: If you have any _____ in doing the job, please let me know.
A. ease B. effort C. matter
D. difficulty
Câu 13: The teacher advises the children ______and see the dentist regularly.
A. to go B. going C. go D. went
Câu 14: The parks in our city are _____ peaceful islands in the middle of a stormy sea.
A. likely B. similar C. alike D. like
Câu 15: After a hard working day, Peter felt so ______that he went to bed early.
A. tiredly B. tire C. tiring D. tired
Câu 16: Mary wants to change her job because she is ______ with doing the same things every day.
A. bored B. fed C. tired D. excited
Câu 17: John has to live on his ______ benefits because he doesn’t have a job.
A. unemployed B. employment C. unemployment D. employer
Câu 18: I promise I will wait ______ you come.
A. without B. despite
C. for D. until
Câu 19: His lecture was so ______ that few students could understand it.
A. exciting B. interesting C. simple
Câu 20: Hurry up! We don’t have ______ time.
D. difficult
A. much B. many C. little D. few
Câu 21: You will miss the last bus to school______ you leave now.
A. until B. unless C. while
Câu 22: Remember ______ the door before you leave.
D. till

A B C D
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Câu 35: My brother hasn’t played football for last year.
A B C D
Chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau.
Câu 36: I am very interested ______.
A. about the information you gave it to me
C. in the information you gave it to me
Câu 37: He went to the department store ______.
A. buy his mother a new hat
C. bought his mother a new hat
Câu 38: This is the handbag ______.
A. whom I bought in Paris
C. what I bought in Paris
B. in the information you gave me
D. about the information you gave me
B. to buy his mother a new hat
D. to buying his mother a new hat
B. where in Paris I bought
D. which I bought in Paris
Câu 39: ______ in 1954 that Ernest Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.
A. Being B. When was C. It was D. When it was
Câu 40: The suitcase was too heavy ______.
A. that no one can move
C. for anyone moving
B. for anyone to move
D. for no one to move
Chọn từ (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) có phần gạch dưới được phát âm khác với những từ còn lại
trong mỗi câu sau.
Câu 41: A. pleasure

About 100 million people, chiefly living in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and in many African
countries, speak English in addition to their own language. An additional 200 million people in the
world probably know (50)______ least some English. English is really an international language.
Câu 46: A. speak
Câu 47: A. tomorrow
Câu 48: A. become
Câu 49: A. creative
Câu 50: A. in

B. speaking
B. then
B. come
B. special
B. for
C. to speak
C. now
C. gone
C. native
C. at
D. spoken
D. soon
D. spread
D. specific
D. on
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